Henry BURKE, b1895, British Army, later IRA

[corisande]

It only appears to include references to Dowling's trial. I have been through the file, but do not have photos

If you search the Nat Arch Catalogue, and force the issue by searching WO 141 and put in Burke you get nothing found, but if you put in Dowling it tells you there is a reference

[corisande]

Reading Kehoes witness statement

Is there much about the Irish Brigade in that witness statement/ From the index Keogh appears to have made either 2 or 3 witness statements

What I find quite surprising is that most of the memoirs have very little about other men. I have just got the memoirs of Maurice Meade from one of his family, and there are virtually no names named for his time in Germany

[schneider]

Statements ws 741 & 1092.The latter deals with Plunketts involvment in setting up brigade and he has a swipe a Darrell Figgis whom he basically accuses of purchasing inferior wepons for 1916 in order to pocket £500.The former with the brigade includes rates of pay / command structure of ten machine gun teams names individuals in command.ends with list of 56 detailing renk in IB and BA birth place and whether alivr or dead @ 29/10/52.Ihave both statements plus two ofFrank Thornton saved to file if you wanted i could email.

[corisande]

Thanks, that would be very kind of you. I have PMed my email

They all seemed to enjoy having swipes at other people. I guess because the WS was withheld till the man died, he could say what he liked!

[Helena.Halton]

Hi, I have been following this feed with interest. My grandfathers older brother Christopher Henry Burke, born approx 1994-1996 to Mary Burke and Henry Burke. He joined the British army as Henry/Harry Burke and was said to have joined the IRA and he was not spoken of again by the family. He was a tailor like his father and brothers. I have photos of him before he left home.
It was thought he died and was never seen or heard from again. My grandfather was a Russian Jew who married a catholic woman in Cork Ireland. He would have Russian Jewish connections in England and Ireland. Family members have tried to access his war records without success. There are some simulators to this feed.

[Sinann]

This is quite a long tread and I admit I haven't read all of it.
There is a pension application for a Christopher Henry Burke  former British Army made by his wife Lucy
http://mspcsearch.militaryarchives.ie/detail.aspx

[Sinann]

Marriage of Christopher Henry Burke to Lucy Fitzpatrick gives his father as Henry Burke Foreman Tailor.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1917/09740/5534375.pdf
His death in 1923
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1923/05047/4381554.pdf
and Lucy's marriage in 1939 to Samuel O'Connell
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1940/08838/5195645.pdf